Mohamed Nuur Giriig
# Mohamed Nuur Giriig

Mohamed Nuur Giriig (Somali: Maxamed Nuur Giriig, Arabic: محمد نور غيريغ) (1935–2002) was a Somali singer, specializing in traditional Somali music.

## Biography

Giriig was born in 1935 in Berbera, now Somaliland to a Warsangali Darod family, originally from Las Khorey on the Maakhir Coast.

In 1954, he was among a group of auditioners, from which he was selected to join a troupe of Oud singers. Giriig's musical career began after that, which was marked by a number of hit songs. Most of the latter were recorded during the Somali music scene's Golden Age in the 1960s.

Giriig died in Hargeisa on January 17, 2002.

## Discography

Some of Giriig's all-time classic songs include:

* Timahaaga Dheeree
* Suleikha
* Dayaha I Dhibay Halay
* Maahee Khadraay
* Boodhari Sidiisii
* Wacad
* Gamaayeey
* Soomar
